Many border residents say that they have been witnessing death closely since the repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan.
The cross-border firing was severely affecting the mental health of those residing in border areas that witness death and destruction.
Talking tough in the wake of attack on army camp in Nagrota, India on Thursday made it clear that talks with Pakistan cannot take place in an atmosphere of "continued terror", which it will never accept as "new normal" in the bilateral relationship.
'The interests of the United States and India are sharply aligned on the issue of Pakistan-based terrorism.'
The Congress has never given India a PM who was a prisoner of his or her own image, said Rahul Gandhi at the party's MPs' meet.
'NSA Doval and the PM are known to admire Israel's tough response to cross-border terrorism.' 'However, New Delhi's situation is far more complex than Tel Aviv's, which enjoys military superiority over all its neighbours,' says Ajai Shukla.
India has said that terror groups like Lashkar-e-Tayiba do not "live on love and fresh air", expressing regret that they receive funds despite being slapped with sanctions by the United Nations, as the world body reaffirmed the need to cut the monetary lifeline of terrorists.
The relatives of Israelis killed in Palestinian attacks have reacted strongly against a prisoners swap deal with Hamas to win freedom for captive soldier Gilad Shalit, as the country's Supreme Court prepares to hear petitions on Monday, challenging the decision.
Violating the ceasefire again, Pakistani troops resorted to firing on Indian forward posts along the Line of Control in Poonch district, leaving a jawan injured. "There was firing from heavy weapons and attacks on forward posts along the LoC in Krishnagati sector of Poonch district at approximately 10 pm on Wednesday night," a senior army officer said on Thursday. The cross-border firing continued for a brief period, he said.
Swaraj expressed satisfaction over the agenda of the inaugural dialogue while giving the details of the deliberations.
The European Union on Friday joined India in pressing Pakistan to "expeditiously" bring the perpetrators, authors and accomplices of the 26/11 terror attacks to justice, as they expressed concern at the "continuing existence" of safe havens, including in the cross-border dimension.
As a consequence of this designation, US citizens are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with Salahuddin and all of Salahuddin's property and interests in property subject to United States jurisdiction are blocked.
As India brings up the issue of cross-border terrorism and 26/11 probe with Pakistan, it will also push for tough action against smuggling of narcotics, trade of counterfeit currency when the home secratatries of the two nations meet in New Delhi, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
'acts of terrorism are controlled and monitored by ISI' -- Baloch leaders.
Pak PM discussed the situation in Kashmir and tense relations with India with Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif.
The sources said intelligence-based targeted strikes are being conducted by the Indian Army to neutralise mostly Pakistani and foreign terrorists, and the collateral damage has been very negligible in these operations.
India is expected to seek voice samples of Lashkar-e-Tayiba founder Hafiz Saeed and other handlers of 26/11 attackers during the visit of Home Minister P Chidambaram to Islamabad later this month.
Indian Army on Monday lodged a strong protest with its Pakistan counterpart over unprovoked firing from across the border on Indian posts along the Line of Control in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir which left a jawan critically injured.
They continue to be implicated in investigations of terrorism suspects half a world away, most recently the group Jamaat ud Dawa in the London airplane bombing plot.
NATO on Sunday resumed supplies for its forces in Afghanistan after Pakistan reopened the main supply line, which it had closed to protest the death of its two soldiers in a cross-border raid, even as United States drones killed 7 militants in North Waziristan tribal area in a fresh attack.
"The situation in Pakistan is very serious and terrorism is spreading," Defence Minister A K Antony told media-persons in New Delhi when asked to comment on developments in the neighbouring country and Taliban's threat to India and the attack on Iran.
Khan said time has come to begin a 'comprehensive dialogue' between the two countries.
The bravado of NDA ministers may have undone the gains made in cross-border security cooperation over the past several years.
The operation in Nagaland and Manipur was carried out after the army received "credible and specific" intelligence.
The United States may mount special operations to strike Taliban and Al Qaeda targets in Pakistan and also step up drone attacks against them in the near future, according to an American intelligence think-tank.Contending that the bulk of Al Qaeda leadership is now in Pakistan and not in Afghanistan, the Stratfor, in its annual security forecast, said this could prompt "Increased cross- border US military activity -- mostly drone strikes, but also Special Forces Operations.
Pakistan's former national security adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani on Monday said the 26/11 Mumbai attack was carried out by a terror group based in Pakistan and called it a "classic" example of cross-border terror.
A salvo from a Pinaka battery brings down on the enemy more than seven tonnes of high explosive in just 44 seconds.
Bringing the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice is an important task to finish for Pakistan, which also needs to look into the issue of Hafiz Saeed, accused by India of masterminding the terror strike, besides preventing cross-border infiltration, the United States has said.
The two armies had mutually decided not to resort to use firearms during face-offs in sync with provisions of two agreements on border management.
"The political stars never quite aligned but a solution similar to the Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement, with a soft border allowing locals to travel freely from one part of Kashmir to the other, will have to be the outcome of any peaceful solution," he noted.
The global agency said there are "serious deficiencies" on the part of the country in checking terror-financing and it lacks an effective system to deal with it.
"Today, we stand united in solidarity with our security forces in fighting terrorism and in defending the unity and integrity of India."
Prime Minister Mamohan Singh on Friday defended the stance taken by the Indian government, in the joint statement issued with Pakistan, after his meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Yosuf Raza Gilani at the sidelines of the Non-Aligned summit in Egypt.Dr Singh said that he had discussed the terror attack on Mumbai with Gilani, and stressed that sustained, effective and credible action needs to be taken by Pakistan to prevent terror activities on its soil.
'It must be rendering Modi, Amit Shah and Adityanath speechless that the Indian diplomat who lifted the Azhar trophy at the UN in New York is also a Muslim. 'Yes, this is the wonder that was India,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
On the situation in the Kashmir Valley, the army officials highlighted Wednesday evening's incident when a son of a prominent eatery owner was shot and critically wounded by terrorists at his shop in a high-security area of the city.
The Congress on its Twitter handle also criticised Modi's US visit.
In the Sensex kitty on Wednesday, Tata Motors emerged as the top loser falling 3.01 per cent, followed by Vedanta shedding 2.92 per cent. Other laggards include HUL, Kotak Bank, NTPC, Infosys, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, Hero MotoCorp, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank, HDFC, IndusInd Bank and PowerGrid, falling up to 1.77 per cent.
"We keep hearing that Pakistan is a 'victim of terrorism'. This is the country which is an arsonist disguising itself as a fire-fighter. Pakistan nurtures terrorists in their backyard in the hope that they will only harm their neighbours," India's first secretary Sneha Dubey said in the UN General Assembly on Friday.
After former India captain Sourav Ganguly and senior batsman Gautam Gambhir called for freezing ties with the arch-rivals Pakistan till the time cross-border terrorism does not end, veteran Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has made it clear that he wants to play cricket with India. The 38-year old cricketer wants India and Pakistan to resolve their disputes and resume playing cricket for the love of their fans. Younis also said that he wants cricket to return to Pakistan with the blanket ban on his nation's hosting rights lifted.
CAATSA was aimed at Moscow and not intended to damage the military capabilities of its 'allies and partners', US said.
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